| Most of merchandise preserves distant conflict |
WARFARE |
| NATO base is not so regressive in brief skirmish |
BRUSSELS |
| Perigord's exotic bird |
PORRIDGE |
| Pirate overwhelmed armed guard, out of bounds |
MARAUDER |
| Popularise musicality on purpose |
ENDEAR |
| Press handler extremely involved in secret society |
THRONG |
| Season with herb, as one's told |
TIME |
| Seeming soft, sheltered by a guardian |
APPARENT |
| Some from a Chinese bit of plant? |
MACHINE |
| Someone resigned, finding answer in lucrative catalogue |
FATALIST |
| Sons experience narrow escape |
SHAVE |
| Spread power with previous sovereign |
PLASTER |
| Stuck with more oblique editor |
SKEWERED |
| Take turns among breeziest |
SEIZE |
| Uplifting recitation with rich, contrived framing? |
RHETORIC |
| Year parking in low, roundabout road |
BYPASS |
